Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The ripe seeds are gathered in autumn, cleaned and dried in
the sun. After the shells of the seeds have been broken, the seeds are removed
and pounded into pieces.

1. Asthma: a) asthma with stifling
sensation in the chest and cough with profuse, dilute sputumGinkgo seed
(Baiguo) is used with Ephedra (Mahuang) and Licorice root (Gancao); b) asthma
with stifling sensation in the chest and cough with thick yellow sputumGinkgo
seed (Baiguo) is used with Scutellaria root (Huangqin) and Mulberry bark
(Sangbaipi) in the formula Dingchuan Tang.